‘Red Sparrow’ Trailer: Jennifer Lawrence Goes Full-On Femme Fatale

“When I was in Moscow,” a male voice intones during 20th Century Fox’s first trailer for its spy thrillerRed Sparrow, “I heard about a program of young officers trained to seduce and manipulate. To use their bodies. To use everything. They call them sparrows. That’s what she is.”

“She” is Jennifer Lawrence’s title character, a prima ballerina named Dominika Egorova whose career-ending injury has her seeking other options, like becoming a deadly secret agent.

Directed by Francis Lawrence, Red Sparrow, judging by the trailer, won’t skimp on style. We see its star in a variety of wigs (dark auburn, long blond, short blond) and dresses (red, black, shiny, slinky) as she does all sorts of femme fatale stuff. There’s some (seeming) escort work, a death by garrote, motorcycle joyriding and a quick double-take by a swimsuited Joel Edgerton as the Sparrow struts by in bathing gear nearly as skimpy as his own.